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What are the Boards for
Correction of Military Records?
Each
service has a Board for Correction of Military (or Naval)
Records. These are civilian boards, operating under the
authority of the service secretary. They are empowered to
correct nearly any error in a current or former service
member’s record, including being passed over for promotion,
appealing and adverse OER/NCOER, appealing a letter of
reprimand, Article 15/NJP, etc. The Board for Correction of
Military Records can also order a stand-by promotion board
for service members denied promotion.
It does
not matter whether the person making the request is still on
active duty, or in the National Guard, reserves, etc. Any
person who has served in the military can have their records
corrected.
The Board
for Correction of Military Records can also upgrade
discharges requested after the 15 year period for the
Discharge Review Boards, and acts as the appellate authority
for the Discharge Review Board. Boards for Correction of
Military Records can upgrade discharges resulting from a
court-martial, although such review is limited to matters of
clemency.
Boards
for Correction of Military (or Naval) Records have much
broader power than Discharge Review Boards or even Federal
Courts. Any adverse military record can be corrected,
provided that the record is determined to be “erroneous” or
“unjust.”
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